Democracy In Albany

His hands are still cuffed behind him and his feet are pointing straight out into the air. (mildly amusing, probably won't get any laughs)

As Geraci drags him out of the vehicle, Behrmann bangs his torso on an attached metal step. He hits his face and chin next. (oooohh...chin on metal truck bumper...now that is going to get the audience going...extra points for doing it while handcuffed)

Behrmann lands half on the floor, and half on the step. Geraci picks him up and slams him toward the edge of the open booking-room door, head first. (kind of anti-climatic)

Geraci laughs with the other cops and then smiles broadly by the video camera.

Geraci walks away from Behrmann, who is sitting on the bench, and then returns with a roll of toilet paper. He uses it to sop up the blood from Behrmann's arms after he uncuffs him. A female officer pushes a large trash barrel closer so Geraci can discard the bloody paper as he works. Albany EMTs arrive shortly after.

His attorney, Cheryl Coleman, said the video does not accurately convey what occurred. "It's a series of disjointed, jumpy segments," she said. "We know the actions and words that preceded it and followed it."

The 28-year-old son of Schenectady Police Chief Michael Geraci, who faces a misdemeanor assault charge and a felony false report charge, was arraigned at noon after surrendering to internal affairs officers about an hour earlier.

A phalanx of off-duty colleagues filled four rows behind him and lined the walls of the city courtroom. About a dozen uniformed cops lined up shoulder to shoulder directly behind Geraci and his attorney, Cheryl Coleman, to shield them from view of news cameras.